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• Shakespeare could have written this LSU-Ole Miss football plot

  18-09-2026 22:27 via mississippitoday.org
  
  OXFORD — So I’ve heard this question several times this week: “Is this LSU-Ole Miss game the biggest college football game you have ever covered?”Rick ClevelandWell, no. It’s not even the biggest in the last 10 months. The Ole Miss-Georgia Sugar Bowl playoff game was bigger. The Miami-Ole Miss Fiesta Bowl was still bigger. Now then, this might be the most anticipated regular season game I’ve ever covered. No question, it would be in the first sentence of any
  
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• Ole Miss students’ translation of World War I letters highlights value of higher education, writer says

  18-09-2026 19:11 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi Today Ideas is a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share their ideas about our state’s past, present and future. Opinions expressed in guest essays are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of Mississippi Today. You can read more about the section here.“I am happy to still have my two little ones as they have kept me alive,” a French widow wrote to a group of women in Mississippi more than 100 years ago. Anna Laborde’s hus
  
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• Mississippi’s Duff brothers again make Forbes list of richest people in the world

  18-09-2026 18:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Mississippi brothers James and Tommy Duff again made Forbes’ list of the top 400 richest Americans.The billionaire brothers are the two wealthiest people in Mississippi, and they each saw their net worth rise from $4.1 billion last year to $4.5 billion, according to Forbes. They ranked 380 on the list.Credit: ForbesThe Duff’s also made Forbes’ global billionaire ranking, with James coming in at 978 and Tommy at 982.
  The global list was topped by Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX
  
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• Mississippi River mayors call for water conservation protections amid growing data center demand

  18-09-2026 17:59 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A group representing mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River said they’re seeking regulation to help conserve water and “navigate the fast-growing AI data center economy.”
  The plan that the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative announced Wednesday is to push in other states regulations modeled after legislation recently passed in Missouri, which bans the “mass exportation” of water. State lawmakers from Mississippi, Louisiana and Minnesota have
  
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• Teachers’ unusual classroom supplies expose another ClassWallet snag

  18-09-2026 16:01 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Every morning for a week, the fifth-graders in Hannah Bagwell’s science class at Florence Elementary School check on the apples.Under their watchful eyes, three apples — one whole, one halved, one sliced — will decay. The students will take notes, predict what will happen and analyze the success of their guesses the next day. Bagwell uses the lesson to introduce the students to the scientific method. It’s a unique way to teach the idea, and she’s found it’s t
  
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• Yockanookany River Festival October 3

  18-09-2026 16:00 via breezynews.com
  
  The Town of McCool will be buzzing all day on Saturday, October 3 during the Yockanookany River Festival. Festivities are planned all day. The Festival starts at 9 am with craft vendors, a book mobile, kid zone, food trucks, live music, and church rummage sale.
  New to the festival this year is a Tractor Pageant. Sign up and bring any and all size, color, working, nonworking tractors. Judging will take place and a 1st Place winner will be announced. Contact Danette Armstrong or Lilia Deason for m
  
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• Hattiesburg voters pack hearing to oppose redistricting plans

  18-09-2026 14:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg is one of the most crucial areas in Mississippi’s redistricting fight this year, and dozens of its voters packed a room on Thursday night to say they’re opposed to it. Only a handful of the many people who addressed the Joint House and Senate Redistricting Committee said that they support efforts altering congressional and state legislative districts. The vast majority said they’re against it because they believe it would waste taxpayer dol
  
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• Felony False Pretenses, Malicious Mischief, and DUI Arrests in Philadelphia and Neshoba County

  18-09-2026 14:00 via breezynews.com
  
  FORREST M BILLY, 28, of Conehatta, Resisting Arrest, DUI – 1st, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, Careless Driving, PPD.  Bond $500, $1,500, $500, $500.
   ANDRIKA CARTER, 25, of Philadelphia, Malicious Mischief, Domestic Violence – Simple Assault, PPD.  Bond $0, $500.
   CARRENTHIA EVERETT, 42, of Carthage, Contempt of Court, DUI – 1st, Expired License Tag, Possession of Marijuana, MHP.  Bond $0, $1,500, $400, $1,000.
   JOSEPH RAY
  
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• Photos: KSD Celebrates “Paint Kosciusko Maroon” Winners and Community Whippet Pride

  18-09-2026 13:54 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko was filled with Whippet Pride during Homecoming Week as local businesses joined Kosciusko School District in celebrating the 2026 “Paint Kosciusko Maroon” Homecoming Business Competition.
  As part of this year’s Homecoming celebration, local businesses were invited to join in the fun by decorating their storefronts, windows, and businesses and show their Whippet Pride. The response from the community helped make Homecoming Week even more special and brought Whippet spi
  
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• Mississippi midterms: In traditionally red 3rd District, Guest faces political newcomer farmer from Shubuta

  18-09-2026 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Four-term incumbent Republican Rep. Michael Guest faces a challenge from a Democratic farmer from Shubuta and a Libertarian real estate investor from Meridian for the 3rd District congressional seat in central Mississippi.The challengers are coming at Guest from the left and right with criticism of Guest’s support of, and lack of pushback against, Trump administration policies.Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District covers central portions of the state, such as the GOP stronghold o
  
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• Summer Ending With Sizzling Temps

  18-09-2026 08:05 via breezynews.com
  
  Dangerous heat is forecast in this area for the final weekend of the summer.  Locally, afternoon highs in the upper 90s are expected through Sunday with Durant possibly reaching triple digits Saturday and Sunday.   The heat stress will be easing by the middle of next week, when highs drop into lower 90s.
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• Heat Advisory Saturday for Eastern Areas

  18-09-2026 08:05 via breezynews.com
  
   
  HEAT ADVISORY shown in orange on map above
   
  The western part of the local area has gotten the worst of the heat stress in recent weeks.  But the shoe’s on the other foot on Saturday.  A heat advisory has been issued for eastern counties including Leake, Neshoba, Winston and Choctaw along with north Mississippi.
  Locally, afternoon highs in the upper 90s are expected through Sunday with Durant possibly reaching triple digits Saturday and Sunday.   The heat st
  
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• UM Chancellor Glenn Boyce defends firing employee over social media post

  18-09-2026 00:26 via mississippitoday.org
  
  In a Wednesday court filing, University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce continued to defend his firing of former university employee Lauren Stokes over a social media post she made following the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.This is the latest legal development in Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit that she filed against Boyce in October in response to her firing. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson dismissed the lawsuit in March on the grounds that Stokes’ failed
  
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• Mississippi college board sets spring goal to name MUW’s next president

  18-09-2026 00:14 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The state college board plans to name the next president of the Mississippi University for Women by early spring 2027.The board of trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning announced the plans Thursday. The board also formed a committee of six trustees to oversee the national president search with support from a search firm that has not yet been selected. Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi TodayTh
  
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